“From my experience, I quite often say that Nigeria has a special breed of politicians (Nee: ‘Militicians’). They generally tend to believe that political power through elections has to be ‘captured’ and this has to be done by hook or by crook; and by any means necessary!
"To them, winning election is, literally, ‘a do-or-die’ affair.”
“INEC faced perhaps its greatest challenge in containing the predisposition and reckless mindset of Nigerian politicians. Any wonder then, that our political arena increasingly resembled a bloody battlefield, with maiming, killing, burning, and unimaginable destruction of lives and property.
“Compliance with the laws and insisting on same and respect for due process, as well as being non-partisan and transparent, helped the commission in navigating this ‘minefield’.”
Jega who spoke at a lecture in Abuja, affirmed that the new man President Muhammadu Buhari choose as his successor, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, is capable of doing the job. He said he trust Yakubu.
